[THE WINNER OF THIS GAME IS THE ROOKIE WHO BECOME A BLACK HORSE! NAGI SPRINGFIELD!]
Negi who had just exited the arena was completely relieved.
Because finally he could be freed from the torturous crowd. The fame he got as a fighter was not a pleasant thing for him, because he had to keep on answering the same questions from the tv crew who interviewed him. And that was the reason why he was fighting alone, because Kotarou was already fed up with all the questions the reporters were asking him.
"Yo, Negi-Sensei," Kazumi said who was already waiting for Negi at the end of the hall that led to the outside of the arena. "Congratulations on your seventeenth victory."
Kazumi threw a plastic bottle filled with water, at Negi who was visibly sweating.
"Thanks Kazumi-san," Negi said as he caught the bottle Kazumi threw at him and drank the water inside. "What about the bet you placed for me, did you manage to make a lot of money."
"Around twenty thousand to thirty thousand Drachmas, not as much as I usually get since Kotarou isn't fighting with you, Sensei," Kazumi said while showing Negi the money he got. "But this money is enough for a food money that will last a few days."
"Well, since the number of people we have to feed is quite a lot anyway," Negi said with a sigh. "The money Shirou-Nii gave us was quite a lot, but it's the capital we will use to find our friends who haven't been found, so it shouldn't be used at all."
"Sigh, at a time like this Shirou-kun is going elsewhere, and he didn't even tell us where he went!" Kazumi said while sighing with a disappointed look on her face. "I really want to know where he is right now."
At Rakan's place, Shirou who was making out with Rin suddenly sneezed. Making the kiss he was about to do with Rin fail.
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On the roof of the instant house where Negi, Kotarou and the others were staying. Negi, Chachamaru, Kotarou, Kazumi, Sayo and Chisame had gathered to discuss what course of action they would take next to find their friends who were still missing.
"Negi-Sensei congratulations on the live interview you did earlier, you look really professional when answering the questions asked by the tv crew," Sayo said.
"Please don't talk about that just yet, Sayo-san," Negi said looking tired. "Answering that tv reporter's question, is a making me losing more stamina than all the stamina that I used in all the fights I've done."
"Fans and reporters are a hassle that's why I missed the fight in purpose," Kotaro said with a grin. "Because I'm lazy when I have to deal with those annoying reporters!"
"You cheated Kotarou! Since you weren't around I had to be interviewed alone! Don't you know how annoying the fans and reporters are!" Negi said while pouting. "I don't like being famous! Being famous it just brings a lot of trouble!"
"But becoming famous and attracting the attention of many people was Shirou-kun's idea, so that our whereabouts could be known by our friends," Kazumi said who knew how much Negi had suffered from being famous. "And I hope that the message that Shirou-kun conveyed yesterday can be heard by our friends."
"I think Shirou-kun's message can get through," Chisame said, who was still in the form of a little girl. "In addition to Negi-Sensei who became famous because of his father's name, I think all the members of Ala Alba who disappeared can know where we are. And with this the second stage of Shirou-kun's plan has been carried out and we just have to wait for the result."
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"Then right now I'll tell you all the results of the investigation I've been doing with Sayo over the past week," Kazumi said as she opened her memo pad. "Eleven gateports all around Mundus Magicus have been destroyed by the enemy who attacked us at the Megalomesembria gateport. And because of that our way back to the real world is closed because it will take two or three years for it to be repaired."
"That is indeed very bad news for us, but you have found something aren't you while you and Sayo is doing an investigation," Chisame said while smiling at Kazumi. "Something that can bring us back to the real world."
" The abandoned city, of Ostia," Kazumi said with a serious face. "The ancient capital of the kingdom of Vespertatia which has a very beautiful view, was destroyed by the great war twenty years ago and currently the city of Ostia is only used as a place of recreation. In that ancient city there are ruins of an active gateport, our enemy did not attack that place. So we're still using the Gateport in Ostia."
"Thank goodness we found our way home!" Negi said with a relieved look on his face. "I'm really worried that we'll all have to wait three years just to return to the real world."
"We're also very lucky because the culmination of the martial arts tournament I'm participating in with Negi will be held in Ostia," Kotarou said. "So while participating in the martial arts tournament, we can all go back to Mahora too."
"But Shirou-Sama told me that we all have to be very careful," Chachamaru said. "Because he got a feeling that most likely the enemy we have to fight will use the ruins of the gateport in Ostia as their base."
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In front of Granicus city at the same time as Negi and the others were chatting.
"Ufufufu I finally made it to Granicus, after walking aimlessly for more than twenty days!" Nekane said who had previously gone to Mundus Magicus before Shirou and Negi used the illegal route and because of that she got lost in a mysterious forest filled with clothes-eating slimes. And because of that right now the clothes she was wearing were tattered and also had holes in them. "Aaah luckily I got to see Negi's match broadcast on TV, little Negi is cute and charming but teenage Negi is so much better! Wait for me Negi! Onee-chan will see you soon."
In the room where Ako, Natsumi and Akira were staying. Ako was watching a rebroadcast of one of Shirou's matches. She looked at the TV screen with a red face and heavy breathing. She had completely fallen in love with Shirou in the form of Alexander. To the point that for the past week all zhe has been doing apart from sleeping, showering, eating and going to the toilet, is watching Shirou's match.
Akira and Natsumi are made to worry because of Ako's behavior over the past week. The two of them had forced Ako to do something else, but Ako refused their invitation. And went back to watching Shirou's match.
"Hey, Akira-san can't we do anything to make Ako stop watching the rebroadcast of Alexander-san's match?" Asked Natsumi in a voice filled with worry.
"Sigh, it's useless Natsumi, it's useless," Replied Akira who looked resigned to everything that had happened. "I've tried various ways to make Ako stop but all in vain, maybe the only thing that can make Ako stop is Alexander-san who is currently going somewhere."
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Haruna Saotome, who came to Mundus Magicus without any money. Currently, became a sketch artist who makes sketches for the faces of people who became her customer. The money that Haruna makes is not much. But the amount was enough to keep her alive. But not enough for the very expensive trip to Ostia. That's why currently Haruna can only go to Ostia on foot or ask for a ride to any vehicle that passes in front of her. The magical world is a tough place to survive, the real world is comfortable and not as dangerous as Mundus Magicus is a better world for Haruna who had wanted to live permanently in Mundus Magicus before.
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